Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-6-2012
Abstract
As a pedagogical exercise, we derive the shape of a particularly elegant pop-up card design, and show that it connects to a classically studied plane curve that is (among other interpretations) a caustic of a circle
Recommended Citation
Jakus, Stephanie and O'Rourke, Joseph, "From Pop-Up Cards to Coffee-Cup Caustics: The Knight's Visor" (2012). Computer Science: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/csc_facpubs/22
Comments
Author’s submitted manuscript.